World renowned linguist, philosopher, historian and social scientist, Noam Chomsky, has added his voice to a wave of international condemnation, which is growing in response to the treatment of Brasil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In a video, published on 19th January, Chomsky drew attention to the need for Lula to be allowed his Presidential candidacy […]
In new book ‘Comments on a Notorious Verdict: The trial of Lula‘, a team of Jurists, Professors, Lawyers and Intellectuals comprehensively dismantle the case against former President Lula, which if his conviction is upheld, could see him imprisoned for years, and barred from running in an election where he is front-runner. The consequences of the case will change […]
Some are calling it the Coup’s endgame, others the “final battle” for Brasil’s next decade. Former President Lula, who held office from 2003-2011 has twice the support of his nearest rival to succeed Putschist Michel Temer in the October 2018 elections. However, on the 24th January in the southern city of Porto Alegre, he will face judgement on […]
On January 3rd the mixed ownership, Brazilian Petroleum company Petrobras, announced a the largest settlement by a foreign company ever made with North American shareholders, who claim to have lost money because of corruption inside the company. The amount that will be handed over to the American minority shareholders is larger than Petrobras’ 2017 profits, and […]
This statement was released by Projeto Brasil Nação, a group of intellectuals and artists engaged in a fight against the post-coup ‘dismantling’ of Brazil. Led by economist Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, it includes figures such as writer Raduan Nassar, singer Chico Buarque, Satirical cartoonist Laerte, Actor Wagner Moura, Roberto Schwarz, Fábio Konder Comparato, and Liberation Theologist Frei Betto. […]
Founded in 1961, the Atlantic Council (AC) is part of the NATO offshoot Atlantic Treaty Association, described as an umbrella organization which acts as a network facilitator in the Euro-Atlantic and beyond, that claims to draw together “political leaders, academics, military officials, journalists and diplomats in an effort to further the values set forth in […]
The following article is an edited version of the transcripts of an interview Chuck Mertz conducted with Brasil Wire editor Brian Mier on This is Hell radio show, on Chicago’s WNUR, on December 16, 2017. Live from São Paulo, Brian Mier explains why the Northern media gets Brazilian politics so wrong – echoing US State […]
Dear Comrades An aggressive attack is being waged against MST landless peasants in the northern state of Pará, Brazil. Large-scale landowners along with local judicial authorities, mainstrain media and the Brazilian military police are targeting MST camps throughout the country. 2.000 peasant families living in 20 camps located in the northern State of Pará are […]
Two manifestos circulated by North American and European Professors, Intellectuals and Students in support of their Brazilian counterparts, who face a wave of intimidation unseen since the Military Dictatorship of 1964-1985. Those working and studying in Brazilian Universities have our unequivocal solidarity – Editors. Manifesto by North American Professors We, intellectuals, professors, students and directors of academic institutions, proclaim our perplexity […]
An interview with Brasil Wire editor Brian Mier. In the following interview, which first appeared on the Chicago radio program This is Hell on Radio WNUR, Brasil Wire editor Brian Mier talks about underrepresentation of the Brazilian organized left in the Northern and Brazilian corporate media, the racial divide and how the United States is […]